"Pre-Paid" software from Microsoft now !

[anandk]

Like you top up your pre-paid mobile SIM cards, you can now buy/use Microsoft Software in that fashion ! Microsoft has launched a pay-as-you-go computing system aimed at making its office software more accessible for people in emerging markets.

Microsoft will charge say x for a 3 month subscription to use Microsoft Office 2007 and first-time users will get an extra three months for free.

After that, customers top up their subscription as they go...The technology, based on the pre-paid cell phone model that has proved a hit throughout the developing world, is being launched in South Africa and Romania this month, and may be available in other markets at a later date. Reuters.

[Ankur Gupta]

Nice move...
Now only if the prices come out reasonable...which seems like a dream to me !

[ratedrsuperstar]

i bet many more soft giants will appreciate this move

[cynosure]

And I bet it will be cracked like always.
Its a nice move to earn money. After an year or two, the money burned on recharges will be more than the actual price of the one time paid software.

[ax3]

ya ... nice move .......

bt still ....... hacker , crackers mayb working on this 2 ........

[freshseasons]

Still i dont get it ! Why will Cracker work on these.If one wanted cracked free softwares he will straight away go for a cracked full version.
If people opt for Pre-Paid software, it will only be because they want to buy genuine software.

[anandk]

its being planned for windows7; for sure.